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Inscribed Plaque (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque: Funerary Inscription for Theodoros, a centurion, and his wife(?)
- Date
- 4th–5th century AD (Foss)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN59.019
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Μνῆμα Θεοδώ- ρου ἑκα- 4 τοντάρ- χου στρώ- του καὶ τῆς [γυναικός ?]
- Inscription Translation
- “Tomb of the centurio Theodoros the στρώτης and of his [wife?].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB 59
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E30 / S80 ca. *97.60
- Findspot
- House of Bronzes, Area 18.
- Description
Plaque of white marble; broken below, elsewhere complete. The inscription follows guidelines.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.22, W. 0.17, Th. 0.05, H. of letters 0.026–0.029.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text and restoration.
5 Herrmann underlines the difficulty of interpreting στρώτης here; LSJ, referring to Herakleides from Kyme, FGrHist 689 F 5, and Plutarch, Pelopidas 30, 10 (Persian tradition) translates “one that spreads, esp. one that gets ready the beds and dinner couches”; POxy XVI 1951, 2, 7 mentions the “bedmaker”, στρώτης. Herrmann wonders what these meanings may have to do with the position of a centurio. I consider here στρώτης as rendering of strator (soldier who was responsible for the maintenance of the horses).
6 Ligature ΤΗΣ.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms. The inscription is mentioned by C. Foss, M4, p. 151 n. 18.
- Author
- GP